Fitting in and Having Fun Volume 4 XSS Fitti 2013 This video modeling DVD follows a teen named Jon as he learns to navigate high school by becoming more aware of the unspoken rules his teachers and peers expect him to know. The DVD includes the TD Social Skills exclusive “What they’re thinking” insight windows […]
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Thinking, Feeling, Behaving: An Emotional Education Curriculum for Children/Grades 1-6 Revised Edition & Thinking, Feeling, Behaving: An Emotional Education Curriculum for Adolescents/Grades 7-12
Thinking, Feeling, Behaving: An Emotional Education Curriculum for Children/Grades 1-6 Revised Edition (XSS Verno 2006 1-6) Thinking, Feeling, Behaving: An Emotional Education Curriculum for Adolescents/Grades 7-12 (XSS Verno 2006 7-12) both books by Ann Vernon. These books are essential resources for helping students learn to overcome irrational beliefs, negative feelings, and the negative consequences […]
The Hidden Curriculum of Getting and Keeping a Job
The Hidden Curriculum of Getting and Keeping a Job by Brenda Smith Myles, PhD, Judy Endow MSW, and Malcolm Mayfield. (XSS Smith 2013) A Guide for individuals with Autism Spectrum and Other Social-Cognitive Challenges. Pp. 99. If available, item can be checked out from the resource room at no cost.
Social Rules for Kids-The Top 100 Social Rules Kids Need to Succeed
Social Rules for Kids-The Top 100 Social Rules Kids Need to Succeed by Susan Diamond M.A. (XSS Diamo 2011) Using simple, easy-to-follow rules covering topics such as body language, manners, feelings and more, this book aims to make students’ lives easier and more successful by outlining specific ways to interact with others on a daily […]
Destination Friendship
Destination Friendship by Mary Benton. (XSS Bento 2012) Destination Friendship provides easy-to-use, research-based strategies and activities that support the development of friendship skills in children with ASD within an active and fun learning environment. If available, item can be checked out from the resource room at no cost.
Social Skills Activities for Secondary Students with Special Needs (Jossey-Bass Teacher)
Social Skills Activities for Secondary Students with Special Needs (Jossey-Bass Teacher) by Darlene Mannix. (XSS Manni 2009) This resource offers an exciting collection of 200 ready-to-use worksheets to help adolescents build the social skills they need to interact effectively with others and learn how to apply these skills to various real-life settings, situations, and problems. If […]
Big Picture Thinking – Using Central Coherence Theory to Support Social Skills: A Book for Students
Big Picture Thinking – Using Central Coherence Theory to Support Social Skills: A Book for Students by Aileen Zeitz Collucci. (XSS Zeitz 2011) Big Picture Thinking was written to help students with cognitive deficits see how individual pieces of social information fit into a larger context, so that they may begin to become big picture […]
Visual Techniques for Developing Social Skills: Activities and Lesson Plans for Teaching Children with High-Functioning Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome
Visual Techniques for Developing Social Skills: Activities and Lesson Plans for Teaching Children with High-Functioning Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome by Rebecca A Moyes. (XSS Moyes 2011) This book provides practical, hands-on strategies for teaching social skills to children with high-functioning autism and Asperger’s Syndrome. For use in both general education and special education classrooms, each […]
Practical Social Skills for Autism Spectrum Disorders
Practical Social Skills for Autism Spectrum Disorders by Kathleen Koenig. (XSS Koeni 2012) This book explains how critical it is for kids to not simply learn new social skills that fit their individual needs, but to be able to seamlessly integrate them into a range of day-to-day situations. Pp. 239. If available, item can be checked […]
Social Skills Success for Students with Autism/Asperger’s
Social Skills Success for Students with Autism/Asperger’s by Fred Frankel and Jeffrey Wood. (XSS Frank 2011) The book helps educators instruct youth on conversing with others, displaying appropriate body language, managing anxiety, initiating and participating in get-togethers, and more. Extremely practical, the book includes lesson plans, checklists, and sidebars with helpful advice. Pp. 256. If […]